Finding Father Christmas

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'I do not wish to see it.'

'Conduct me home

and haunt me no more.'

'Scrooge, what you see

are only shadows'

of the things that have been.

They are what they are.

Cannot be changed.

Scrooge turned

to look at the ghost.

He could see..

...that they were parts

of all of the faces

that had shown him

from his past.

Spirit, remove me.

I cannot bear it.

Soon, Scrooge was conscious

of being exhausted and..

(Eve on PA)

'And overcome

by an irresistible drowsiness'

'and further of being back

in to his own bedroom.'

'He barely had time to reel

to his bed before he sank'

'into a heavy sleep.'

Awaking later to the sound

of his clock as it struck 1:00.

(Eve and Miranda)

Scrooge could see

a ghostly light

from the adjoining room.

'He got up softly'

'and shuffled to the door.'

Peeping around the door,

he heard a blooming voice.

I am the Ghost Of Christmas

Present.

(Miranda)

Come in and know me better, man.

[audience gasping]

[intense music]

Mom?

Mom?

The snowflakes

are on the ground

And Christmas

is in the air..

(Miranda)

'Yes, the furniture

will be on the truck'

first thing in the morning,

we'll have the units staged

and ready to show by lunch hour.

People will be standing

in line to sign a lease.

Great, great.

I'll have my assistant e-mail

over the contract.

No, thank you.

And call Kevin in the warehouse.

Make sure there's

a truck standing by

first thing in the morning.

Where is he going?

Garber's new building on Fifth.

I just closed the deal to stage

all three condo floor plans.

I thought he already

turned us down.

Annie, what's the first rule

of staging any new home?

Let the potential buyer

see themself in the home.

Which is why I told Garber

we will put a Christmas tree

in all the model units.

Nothing says

welcome to your new home

like that fresh holiday smell.

[chuckles]

Nice.

Oh, could you ask Mr. Turner

if we can push back that meeting

by a few hours?

The folks from Portland

are in town

and I told them

we could have lunch.

Speaking of Mr. Turner,

he wanted me to remind you

about his Christmas party

on Saturday.

- Is that this Saturday?

- Well, yeah.

I mean, with Christmas only

a week away and all.

Um, tell him

I will let him know.

The Sandlers called again about

Christmas dinner at their house.

I will let them know.

Your building super

wants to know

what you're gonna bring

to the holiday potluck

this year.

You'll let him know. Right?

Hey, I will let them know.

I just, I have a lot

on my plate right now.

It's Christmas, Miranda.

Y-you're supposed to celebrate.

Give thanks, exchange gifts, eat

too much, wear ugly sweaters.

Annie, I appreciate

what you're trying to say

but I have work to do.

Speaking of which,

are there any messages

that aren't about Christmas?

Um, a guy named

Rick Torrance called.

He said it was important and

wants to talk to you right away.

Doesn't ring a bell. If he calls

back, find out what he wants?

Will do.

And so there I am with

a room full of third graders

so distracted, they can

barely stay in their seats.

Not that I can blame them.

- It's almost Christmas.

- Yeah?

Thank goodness, there's only

one more day to the break.

Though, I'm not exactly

looking forward

to flying for the holidays.

No, you'll have a good time

with your folks.

What about you?

Any plans this year?

Um, yeah, yeah.

Um, I'll-I'll probably

just catch up on work.

You mean, like last year.

And the year before that.

Okay, why is everyone

suddenly so concerned

with my Christmas plans?

Because, my dear,

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